Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute
Encyclopedia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
's national lexicographical
Lexicography
Lexicography is divided into two related disciplines:*Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries....
institution. Based in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, it was originally established in 1950 as the national lexicographical institute of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
. It was renamed after the Croatian writer and its founder Miroslav Krleža
Miroslav Krleža
Miroslav Krleža was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav writer and the dominant figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom and the Republic . He has often been proclaimed the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Miroslav Krleža was born in Zagreb, modern-day...
in 1983.
History
The institute was founded in 1950 as the Lexicographical Institute of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (Leksikografski zavod FNRJ) and was renamed the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute (Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod, JLZ) in 1964.Its longtime director was Miroslav Krleža
Miroslav Krleža
Miroslav Krleža was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav writer and the dominant figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom and the Republic . He has often been proclaimed the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Miroslav Krleža was born in Zagreb, modern-day...
, with Mate Ujević
Mate Ujevic
Mate Ujević was a Croatian poet and encyclopedist.Ujević finished gymnasium in Sinj and Split and studied literature in Zagreb. He bachelored in Ljubljana and finished his doctoral dissertation on poet Jovan Hranilović in Zagreb...
as the chief editor. It was situated in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, with branches in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
and Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
.
After Krleža's death in 1981, the institute was renamed as the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute "Miroslav Krleža" (Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža").
Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was renamed to its current name in 1991, becoming the national lexicographical institute of Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
.
Publications
The institute employed numerous scientists in many areas of expertise and issued general and specific reference workReference work
A reference work is a compendium of information, usually of a specific type, compiled in a book for ease of reference. That is, the information is intended to be quickly found when needed. Reference works are usually referred to for particular pieces of information, rather than read beginning to end...
s as well as map
Map
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s and travel guides. Some notable works started or completed by the institute are:
- Enciklopedija Jugoslavije (Encyclopedia of YugoslaviaEncyclopedia of YugoslaviaThe Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia was the national encyclopedia of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was published by the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute under the direction of Miroslav Krleža...
, 1st ed.: 8 volumes, 1955-1971; 2nd ed.: 6 of 12 planned volumes, 1980-1990) - Pomorska enciklopedija (Maritime Encyclopedia, 8 volumes, 1954-1964)
- Enciklopedija likovnih umjetnosti (Encyclopedia of Visual Arts, 4 volumes, 1959-1966)
- Tehnička enciklopedija (Technical Encyclopedia, 13 volumes, 1963-1997)
- Medicinska enciklopedija (Medical Encyclopedia, 6 volumes, 1967-1970)
- Opća enciklopedija (General EncyclopediaGeneral Encyclopedia of Yugoslavian Lexicographic InstituteThe General Encyclopedia of the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute is a general encyclopedia published in eight volumes by the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute in Zagreb between 1977 and 1982. It was the third edition of the encyclopedia, with the first two editions being published under the...
, 1st ed.: 10 volumes, 1955-1964; 2nd ed.: 6 volumes, 1966-1969; 3rd ed.: 8 volumes, 1977-1982) - Šumarska enciklopedija (Encyclopedia of Forestry, 3 volumes, 1980-1987)
- Hrvatski biografski leksikon (Croatian Biographical Encyclopedia, work in progress since 1983, 6 volumes issued)
- Leksikon jugoslavenske muzike (Encyclopedia of Yugoslav Music, 2 volumes, 1984)
- Filmska enciklopedija (Encyclopedia of Film, 2 volumes, 1986-1990)
- Bibliografija rasprava, članaka i književnih radova (Bibliography of Treatises, Articles and Literary Works, 14 volumes, 1956-1986)
Some other Yugoslavian reference works are:
- Vojna enciklopedija (Military Encyclopedia, 1st ed.: 11 volumes, 1958-1969; 2nd ed.: 11 volumes 1970-1976)
- Mala enciklopedija Prosvete (Prosveta's Small Encyclopedia, 1st ed.: 2 volumes, 1959; 2nd ed.: 2 volumes, 1968-1969; 3rd ed.: 3 volumes, 1978)
- Mala splošna enciklopedija (Small Universal Encyclopedia, in Slovenian languageSlovenian languageSlovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
, 3 volumes, 1973-1976) - Enciklopedija Slovenije (Encyclopedia of SloveniaEnciklopedija SlovenijeThe Encyclopedia of Slovenia is a Slovene-language encyclopedia that contains topics related to Slovenia. It was published from 1987 to 2002 in 16 volumes by Mladinska knjiga in cooperation with the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts....
, in Slovenian language, 16 volumes, 1987-2002)
All works are in Croatian or Serbian language, unless stated otherwise.
Current projects
It runs several major projects relating to the Croatian languageCroatian language
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, as well as history and culture. These include:
- the Croatian EncyclopediaCroatian EncyclopediaThe Croatian Encyclopedia is a Croatian encyclopedia which is currently published by the Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute.The first Croatian Encyclopedia was begun in the 1930s in Zagreb by the publisher Mate Ujević. After the formation of the Banovina of Croatia the project received the...
- the Croatian Biographical Lexicon
- the Croatian Literary Encyclopedia
- a Croatian thesaurusThesaurusA thesaurus is a reference work that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning , in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations...
- a world atlas
- a technical lexicon
- a legal lexicon
Its current director is Vlaho Bogišić.